Metallic shingle.



G. A. dz G. B. PRUITT.

METALLIC SHINGLB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a. 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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,yBe it known that we, .Cn r'ron A. PRUITT and CHARLIE B, PRUI'r'r, citizens of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Anderson and Statelof South Oarolina,;have invented new and useful Iniprovements ,Metallio'shingles, of which the following is ja specification. TheinVention relates to shingles, and more particularly shingles. I p; The primary object of the invention is the provision of shingles. of this character 4 wherein the saineware designed tofbe fitted wise fastening ofthe searnsftogether.

and. nailed to the sheathing so asf'to interlock. and formv a water-tight roof wlthout requiring the soldering or the crlmping of the seams at the joints thereof, or theoth en pthe'r-s'o as toassure a water-tight roof.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a shingle of this character which is extremelysimple in construction, thoroughly reliable and veflicientin its purpose,and inexpensive in manufacture.

With theseand otherobjects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts as Wlll be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and polnted out in the. claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view showing shingles constructed in accordance. with the invention and connected together. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of one of the shingles. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another, shingle. Fig. 4 1s an edge elevation of a pair ofadjacent sh1n gles, showing the same 1 connected together.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of theshingles. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the 11116 52-5 of Fig.1;

' Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout} the several views in t e drawing.

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@Application filed July l3,19 13. Serial Nof77 9,814, i l

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Aj designates generally one of a series of sh ngles 'anclB another of series of shingles which are arranged in rows andtcons net-ted together-to forin a water-tight roof. Each shingleA andBjl is made from a metallic plateQthe shingle A being formed near diametrically opposite longitudinal edges with tubular heads 5, each being struck up fronrthe metallic plate, and is provided in one side with an inbent shoulderfi, theplate at diametrically opposite corners being cutaway at? to permitthe overlapping of the opposite ends of adjacent shingles A, while each end portion of thesaid pla-teis formed with a series ofspaced upwardly struck ribs 8, thesanie being ,clisposedjtransversely of j the plate at right angles to the heads 5 formedtherein-Q'The freeend edges of each plate forming 'the shingleA is down-turned to form resilient lips 9 which extend'below the plane of the plate so that when a series "of the shingles A are laid e'ii'd' t o end "and the sameare overlapped, whereby the ribs 8 in one shingle will fit into theribs of an adjacent shingle in the overlapping end portion thereof, a water-tight joint will be efiected between the said shingles in the row, the lip edge 9 being forced tightly against the upper surface of the underlying portion of an adjacent shingle so as to close the joint between'the overlapped portions of the adjacent shingles. t u

Each of the shingles B is formed at one longitudinal edge with an upwardly and downwardly curled hook-like locking flange .10, while spaced from the opposite longitudinal edge" and struck-up from the plate constituting the shingle Bis a tubular bead 11 in the inner sidelof which is formed an inbent shoulder 12, the free edge. of the locking flange 10 being inturned to form a tongue 13 which 1 is adapted to engage the shoulder 6 in the-bead 5 of each shingle A when the said flange 1O embraces the said tubular head of the shingle A, and likewise the tongue 13 of another shingle is adapted to embrace the tubular head 11- of an ad jacent shingle when. the shingles A and B are laid in rows upon the sheathing offa roof. The longitudinal edges of the shingles A and B are provided with suitable apertures ll for receiving nails 15, whereby each will beconcealed'beneath anradjaicent When the same are laid upon the roof in shingles to be laid, then the shingles B are connected thereto by laying the same at op posite side of the row of shingles A until. the entire roof is covered thereby. In j oining adjacent shingles the hook-like locking flan e 10 of one of the same is engaged over the bead 5 orll ofan adjacent shingle, and the locking tongue 13 of the said flange is engaged with the shoulder 6, it being understood of course that prior to the joining of adjacent shingles'the nails 15 are passed through the openings 14 in the longitudinal edges thereof for attaching the respective shingles to the roof.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the device Will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is In combination tvvov abutting shingles, each of said shingles consisting of metallic plate, a series of transversely extending corrugations at each end of said plate and extending down to the transverse edges there- In shingling a roof, the shingles A are lald in a row and are the first seriesyof of, thel ic orrugations atone of plate being in a higher plane with respect tothose lintegralivith the orrugations formediof the smallest'depth upon each of said'plates, each of said plates being cut aWayat diagonally opposite corners to provide right angular notches, a pairof longitudinally'extending beads formed at theopposite edges of one of said plates, a corresponding pair'of beads formed short of theirouter edges adapted to telescope with said-first fment ioned" beads, corrugations of one ofsaid plates adapted to ride over said lip upon the corrugations at one end or the opposite plate, :each vof said beads adapted toextend alongsidefof the corrugationsiof each plate, one of said plates adapted to bear with its transverse-edge against one of theedges of one of said right" angular notches whereby. to be limited};in movement to hold the corrugations in mesh. In testimony whereof we aifixour si ma:

tures in presence of two Witnesses. f

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